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Pfastatt

Haut-Rhin · CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · INSEE 68256

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pfastatt (INSEE 68256) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Population 10,314 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68256-pfastatt

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 2,370 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.27256.86
Social0.652013
Education0.22102.21
Health0.34103.43
Public & culture0.1250.59
Population trend0.78107.79
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 0 of 2
One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHEZ MATHILDE ET ALEX · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE J. JEANNIN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GASTROCH). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PRO PFASTATT · FERME DU CHATEAU). [3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LE DAUPHIN · ALDI MARCHE SARL · ACTION · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

19 × Restaurant (LE TOQUE · SARL SILO · POULAILLON · PRO ROTIS). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA ROSE DES SABLES). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES WALTZ · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLE DES CHAMPS). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB DU CENTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU FEHLACKER). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE KATIA ET MAURICE KRAFFT). [3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-SOPHIE WILHELM, MÉDECIN · MARTINE ZELLER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE STEINMETZ-DREYER, MÉDECIN · BRUNO WILHELM, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE RINGENBACH, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA COTONNADE · PHARMACIE DE LA BADIANE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PFASTATT). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC · SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

3 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PFASTATT). [3]

14 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ELISABETH · PASCAL COSTE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3CHEZ MATHILDE ET ALEX · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE J. JEANNININSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1GASTROCHINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2PRO PFASTATT · FERME DU CHATEAUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket4LE DAUPHIN · ALDI MARCHE SARL · ACTION · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant19LE TOQUE · SARL SILO · POULAILLON · PRO ROTISINSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4]
Café / bar4LA ROSE DES SABLESINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE JACQUES WALTZ · ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLE DES CHAMPSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB DU CENTRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU FEHLACKERINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE KATIA ET MAURICE KRAFFTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5MARIE-SOPHIE WILHELM, MÉDECIN · MARTINE ZELLER, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE STEINMETZ-DREYER, MÉDECIN · BRUNO WILHELM, MÉDECIN · CHRISTINE RINGENBACH, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DE LA COTONNADE · PHARMACIE DE LA BADIANEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PFASTATTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COSEC · SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PFASTATTINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser14COIFFURE ELISABETH · PASCAL COSTEINSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday 8h00 à 14h00 parking de la salle polyvalente, rue André Lichtlé. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,986 2023: 10,314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,269 (2012) → 10,314 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 8,061 (1990) → 10,314 (2023): 27.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,923, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.6 km NE (Pfastatt)GP — 0.7 km NW (Pfastatt)Pharmacy — 0.9 km NE (Pfastatt)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.6 km NEGP — 0.7 km NWPharmacy — 0.9 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Pfastatt): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Pfastatt): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pfastatt): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pfastatt): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pfastatt): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MULHOUSE weather station, 2.3 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 244 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MULHOUSE, 2.3 km away at 245 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MULHOUSE, 2.3 km away at 245 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68256/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pfastatt.fr/au-quotidien/au-quotidien/actualites— “À partir du dimanche 20 septembre 2026 , Pfastatt accueillera son marché hebdomadaire, tous les dimanches de 8h00 à 14h00 , sur le parking de la salle polyvalente , rue André Lichtlé.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68256/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68256/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68256/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68256
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mondeville14583 km W10,33160.3ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrelaye95405 km W10,13054.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Savine10248 km W10,28952.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Valentigney2549 km SW10,50144.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Grégoire35670 km W9,95769.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Voisins-le-Bretonneux78404 km W10,62447.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Valentigney2549 km SW10,50144.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Savine10248 km W10,28952.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Voisins-le-Bretonneux78404 km W10,62447.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrelaye95405 km W10,13054.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Mondeville14583 km W10,33160.3ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Grégoire35670 km W9,95769.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Pfastatt's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Max54132 km NW9,91360ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont63392 km SW10,72845.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin45408 km W11,01746.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Talant21179 km W11,89636.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Riedisheim685.4 km SE12,20048Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Luc10249 km W12,64851Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %